A couple of years ago, the refusal of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to allow Oxfam Canada to include prevention of poverty in its objects if it wanted to retain its status as a registered charity drew widespread press attention.  The CRA took the position that relief or alleviation of poverty was … [Read more...]

Many years ago I played a small part in the unearthing of a controversial scholarship at the University of Toronto that was, among other things, restricted to white, Protestant candidates.  It was called the Leonard Scholarship and dated from 1923.  After being featured in a student newspaper of … [Read more...]